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The Fukuzai Journeys
By The T
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*Buzz buzz buzz buzz buzz*
"Huh…" *snore*
"Wake up Jason! You'll be late!"
"Huh… ugh," grunted Jason as he jumped out of his bed. He wiped some sleep out of his eyes and put his jean shorts. He pulled on a black t-shirt, then ran down the stairs of his house to the door. He grabbed a piece of toast off the table, yell "Thanks mum!", grabbed his red backpack and jumped into his roller blades as he ran out the door.
"Can't be late can't be late can't be late!" He looked at his watch. "9:30?!?! I'm two and a half hours later?!?!" He arrived in front of Professor Branch's lab, and noticed his friends Alex and Rose waiting for him.
"Hey man, where the hell ya been?" exclaimed Alex.
"We already chose our Pokémon. You'll be lucky if there's one left," commented Rose.
"Ugh." Jason walked into the lab, and noticed two Pokéballs left. "Hey Professor, which one is the Charmander I wanted?"
"Erm… this one," said Professor Branch as he tossed him one of the Pokéballs. The ball popped open, and out of it emerged… nothing. The ball was empty.
"Huh? This isn't funny! Where is it Professor?"
"I could have sworn that was it…" he threw the other one on the ground, and out emerged a Squirtle. "These are the last two ones I had… and since that one is empty, this is all I got."
"What?!? You can't be serious! I don't want a sissy turtle!"
"Hey, that or nothing. Take your pick."
"Ugh…" he picked up the Pokéball and attached it to his belt. He held his fist close to his face, and shouted, "Yeah, here we go!"
Jason walked out of the lab to see his two friends. Rose was wearing a tight white shirt with slanted sleeves that ended at her elbows and tight jeans that ended a little above her ankles. Her dark blue hair was in a ponytail. Alex wore a grey shirt and blue pants that ended over his shoes. His hair was silverfish blonde and ended mid-ear. Jason smiled at them. "So, we ready to go?"
"Whatever," said Rose.
The two headed off along the path set for them, not knowing what to expect.
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"Squirtle, bubble!" shouted Jason, as Squirtle jumped up and shot some bubbles at a Pidgey.
"Pidgah!" yelled the Pidgey as it kicked some sand at Squirtle. Squirtle ducked it's head into it's shell to avoid the attack, and then jumped up and pulled it's legs into it's shell as it span at the Pidgey.
"Yeah! Pokéball, go!" The Pokéball soared at the Pidgey, and it quickly captured it as it lay weak on the ground. *shake… shake… shake… bee-yoo* "Yeaaaaah!"
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It was almost getting dark as they reached the next town. "Hikaru Town, the city of lights…" said Rose, fairly romantically. The sun set as the street lights came on, slightly startling the 3.
"We better get to a hotel before something bad happens…" said Jason, slightly worried.
"Come on, what's the worse that could…" said Alex, but he was interrupted by a tall, well built Rocket standing in front of him. "…eep."
"What do you want, Rocket?" said Rose, confidently.
"Give me your Pokémon. NOW," was all the Rocket the said.
Rose smirked and said in a sing-song voice, "Make me!"
The Rocket threw a Pokéball and out emerged a heavily armored Scizor.
"Piece of cake," said Rose as she threw out her Charmander. "Charmander, ember!" Charmander waved it's tail at the Scizor, and the Scizor looked at it inquisitively. "Sci?"
"Scizor, Metal Claw." The Scizor chopped at Charmander's tail, grabbing it in his claw. "Sci…?" Scizor felt a strange sensation in it's claw. "O_O SCIZOR!!!!!" it yelled as it realized it's claw was on fire. It ran around frantically. The Rocket just hung it's head and returned it to it's Pokéball. "You'll regret this."
"Yeah, screw you too!" yelled Rose triumphantly. The entire time, Jason and Alex had a look of total disbelief glued to their faces. Rose looked at them, and just commented "Weirdos…" as she walked into the nearby hotel. Jason and Alex just followed.
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"A Double room please," said Rose to the Hotel Attendant. He nodded to the bellhop who too them to their room. The room was a decent size for the low price, and would serve them for the night. Rose took her backpack and walked into the bathroom to change. Jason took off his shirt and folded it neatly, putting it onto the desk next to his bed. Jason crawled into the bed, and Alex followed, not bothering to change his clothing. Rose walked out of the bathroom in a dark blue nightie that ended very low, just barely below her thigh. She smiled and crawled into the 2nd bed, which she had to herself.

The screen zooms out and the words "To Be Continued…" can be seen in yellow writing.
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On the next episode of The Fukuzai Journeys, the 3 head to the gym of the town, and Alex and Rose have little problem defeating the gym leader. But what will Jason do when he learns that it pays to read the type charts…?